1560s, either from Welshcydun, cytun (“agree, coincide”) (cyduno, cytuno), from cyd, cyt + un (“one”), literally “to be at one with”, or by metaphor with the textile, as cotton blended well with other textiles, notably wool in hat-making.

cotton - Investment & Finance Definition

An
agricultural product that is used to produce cloth and cloth-based products.
Futures and options are traded on the New York Cotton Exchange (NYCE), which
became a subsidiary of the New York Board of Trade in 1998.

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"Dear Mr. Lincoln, We Coloreds have taken a vote and decided that we don't cotton to that whole emancipation thing. Freedom means having to work for real, think for ourselves, and take consequences along with the rewards. That is just far too much to ask of us Colored People and we demand that it stop!" Mark Williams